Gao Zheng flew directly from Madrid to Shenzhen, and as soon as he came out of the cabin and stepped on the trestle, he was confused by the oncoming heat wave.

In just a second, he felt like he was covered in a film of water all over his body, even in his nostrils and alveoli.

He took a few more steps and finally felt the coolness of the air conditioner, and the slimy feeling on his body faded.

In fact, he is not unfamiliar with this feeling, because the climate of the place where he used to stay is similar to that of Shenzhen, and the air humidity is very high.

But just because you're not a stranger doesn't mean you like it.

Every time he comes, he still gets used to this feeling.

I don't think three baths a day is enough.

When he knew that the Chinese team had arranged the home stadium with the Hong Kong team in Shenzhen, he was very curious, and he wondered if the brains of the relevant leaders of the Football Association were also covered with a layer of water......

Shenzhen!

It is only across the river from Hong Kong, and it is not much different from Hong Kong in terms of climate and food.

So is this the home of the Chinese team or the home of Hong Kong?

He thinks the players on the Hong Kong side may be more adapted to the climate in Shenzhen than they are......

To say that at the beginning, because I wanted to play the Maldives away, I arranged the home stadium in Shenzhen, in order to shorten the trip. The problem is that now the Maldives doesn't have a home stadium, and the next thing we have is to go north to Shenyang and play against the Maldives. So why not change the venue of this match with Hong Kong?

Gao Zheng heard that the reason why the Football Association did not change the home stadium of the match with the Hong Kong team was because considering that the tickets for this game had already been sold, if the venue was changed temporarily, they would have to compensate the fans for their financial losses. The Football Association is unwilling to lose this money, and feels that with the strength of the Hong Kong team, even if they are more adapted to the climate here, they may not be the opponent of the Chinese team.

So they decided to go ahead with this game in Shenzhen.

To put it bluntly, he picks and looks down on the Hong Kong team.

I feel that even in Shenzhen, I can defeat my opponent.

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But when the game started, everyone realized that they were overly optimistic.

The Hong Kong team, which came by bus to play an away game, was indeed more accustomed to the hot and humid weather in Shenzhen than the Chinese team.

Facing the Chinese team, the Hong Kong, China team set up a bus in front of the goal.

It's understandable, a draw is perfectly acceptable for them playing away from home, and it makes sense to give up on attacking in this game.

So at the beginning of the game, the Chinese team, which was attacking with all its might, crashed into the wall built by the Hong Kong team.

Although the Chinese team's offensive is fierce, but in front of the defense of the Hong Kong team Zhongzhi Chen Cheng, their chances are not very good.

In addition, the luck of the Chinese team seems to be too bad - in the opening ten minutes, after Gao Zheng did it back, Zheng Zhi's right-footed long-range shot from outside the box hit the left post of the goal. Just a minute later, Zheng Zhi sent a through plug from the edge of the penalty area, Wu Lei passed the goalkeeper in the penalty area and then pushed the empty goal with his right foot......

"Ahhhh Two goalposts in a row! The Chinese team's attacks were blocked by the goalposts! Commentator Liu Hong shouted in annoyance.

He had a hunch in his mind, but he didn't dare to say it - was it a bad sign that two shots in a row were blocked by the post?

You know, this is our home stadium, but our home goal is not on our side......

The development of the next game seems to gradually confirm Liu Hong's bad thoughts.

In the 36th minute, the Chinese team counterattacked after breaking the ball, Wu Xi sent an accurate overhead pass in the front, and Gao Zheng, who was inserted, fell directly to the ground and shot in the face of the incoming ball, but the football hit the left post again!

In the 44th minute, seeing that the first half was about to end, the Chinese team's continuous attacks created chaos in the penalty area of the Hong Kong team, and the Hong Kong team players cleared the siege and did not kick far, and the football fell to the top of the penalty arc in the penalty area, which was received by Zheng Zhi there, followed by a long-range shot with his right foot.

But this kick hit the crossbar!

"Ah——! Fourth! Fourth goalpost! The goal of the Chinese team at home has prevented our goal four times in a row!! Liu Hong asked a soul-touching question: "Is this our home stadium?" ”

This question sounds nonsensical at first, but in fact, it may really accidentally tell the truth - although the schedule is arranged to be the home stadium of the Chinese team, judging from the performance of the players, it may be more like the home stadium of Hong Kong, China.

After all, Shenzhen and Hong Kong are only separated by a river, and the climate is the same, and the players from Hong Kong, China are much closer to the away game than the Chinese national team. The Hong Kong players probably didn't feel like they were playing away from home.

So they were confident in defending, and they were pretty good at maintaining tactical discipline.

It looked like the goalposts helped Hong Kong four times in the first half, but other than that, they were pretty well organised defensively.

Especially they didn't let Gao Zheng get too many chances in the first half.

It can be seen from their defense of Gao Zheng that Hong Kong, China really did a lot of homework before this game, and the defense was very tight, completely isolating Gao Zheng from the other players of the Chinese team.

No matter where Gao Zheng gets the ball, he will have three players from the Hong Kong, China team next to him, using both hands and feet, doing everything possible to stop him.

Gao Zheng's best chance in the first half was that volley, which hit the woodwork.

In this way, when the first half of the game ended, the Chinese team and Hong Kong, China were still 0:0.

This score naturally made Chinese fans very dissatisfied.

After all, with the strength of the Chinese team, the first half should have locked up the victory. As a result, now the Chinese team still has the possibility of losing to the Hong Kong team.

After the break, the Chinese team was still on the offensive, and this time it was the turn of the Hong Kong team's goalkeeper Ye Honghui to steal the limelight.

In the 54th minute, Gao Zheng pulled out his foot near the top of the penalty arc in the penalty area and shot long, and the ball was lifted off the crossbar by Ye Honghui with one palm.

Ye then began to stall for time, and in the face of the boos of the Chinese fans, he swung the ball on and on until the referee showed him a yellow card.

A minute later, Gao Zheng crossed on the right side of the penalty area, and Wu Lei, who followed up in the middle, pushed the football with his right foot and went high above the crossbar.

Then Zhang Linpeng crossed from the right, and Gao Zheng's jumping header was lifted out of the crossbar by Ye Honghui with one hand.

Three minutes later, Gao Zheng's free kick was also hit by Ye Honghui's fists, and Zheng Zhi stopped the football with his chest outside the penalty area and volleyed it high.

Then the Chinese team's offensive slowed down because of the fitness problems of the players.

The hot and humid weather was clearly what the Hong Kong players were more comfortable with, and they seemed to be at ease, while the Chinese players had dropped significantly when it came to some of the balls they had to scramble.

Hong Kong even had a chance to counter-attack, and in a counter-attack in the 70th minute, striker McGee pitched the ball high. Although there was no goal, and it was ridiculously high, it made the Chinese fans break out in a cold sweat - this is just the beginning, there is a first time and a second time, this time we were lucky, they played high, so what about next time?

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Just when the Chinese fans in front of the TV and in the audience began to feel agitated, the deadlock was finally broken.

In the 73rd minute, Gao Zheng stopped his teammate's cross in the penalty area, then turned around and shot.

Hong Kong's outstanding goalkeeper Yip Hung Fai couldn't do anything about it, and although he made a save, he couldn't touch the football.

Gao Zheng's turn and shot was a little unreasonable, and there were four players from Hong Kong, China around him at that time. Gao Zheng ignored them completely, first stopped the flying ball with his right foot, and then volleyed with his left foot while turning.

Because his line of sight was completely blocked, Ye Honghui's saving movements were obviously slow.

"Gao Zheng!! Gao Zheng! Pretty!! Pretty!!! This is a crucial goal!! Liu Hong raised his arms and shouted on the commentary seat. The emotions he had been suppressed before could finally be vented.

It wasn't just him, all the Chinese fans at the scene and in front of the TV jumped up and cheered.

Gao Zheng's ball is like opening a pressure relief valve.

It came a little late, but it's better late than not – that's everyone's mood at the moment.

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Ye Honghui was lying on the ground, and there were several other players from Hong Kong, China, like him. Although the game is not over yet, looking at their performance at this moment, it is as if the referee has blown the final whistle.

In fact, their performance in this game is already very good, and the defense against Gao Zheng can be said to be very successful, considering their strength, it is even more commendable to be able to do this.

But unfortunately, there is still a gap in strength, otherwise their defense line would not have been broken through by Gao Zheng.

Even Liu Hong praised the fighting spirit of the Hong Kong players.

Of course, he has the leisure to praise the opponent, and it is also because Gao Zheng's goal helped the Chinese team take the lead. Otherwise, Liu Hong would not be so personable.

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In the end, with Gao Zheng's goal, the Chinese team defeated Hong Kong, China 1-0 at their home stadium and won two consecutive victories in the round of 40, but this did not help the Chinese team become the first in the group.

The first place in the group is Qatar.

Although Qatar only beat the Maldives 1-0 away in the first group game, they beat Bhutan 15-0 at home in this group game, saving enough goal difference. With six points tied with the Chinese team, it became the first in the group.

Although the Chinese team won against Hong Kong, China, they only got a goal difference, which put them at a temporary disadvantage when competing with Qatar for the top spot in the group.